2. Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast
Original idea
How it got started
Information gathering
Fundraising
Coordination
Separate board – 100% Rotarians

3. Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast The Perfect Rotary Project

4. Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast What makes a perfect Rotary Project?
Engage Rotary
Change Lives
6 Areas of Focus
Peace & Conflict Resolution
Disease Prevention & Treatment
Water & Sanitation
Maternal & Child Health
Basic Education & Literacy
Economic & Community Development
New Generations

5. Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast The Perfect Rotary Project
Don’t Meth With Us
Methamphetamine Education for children
Engagement/Recruitment of members
Prevent the destruction of lives
Covers most, if not all, RI’s Area of Focus
Includes Rotary’s New Generations Avenue
Meets Presidential Citation Requirement
Easy way to raise funds
It’s local!
It’s for children!

6. What is Methamphetamine?
Known as meth, crank, ice, speed, 417, etc.
Meth is a stimulant that can be snorted, swallowed, injected or smoked
Snorting meth affects the user in approx. 5 minutes
Oral ingesting takes about 20 minutes
Smoking or intravenous injection takes effect immediately
Read slide 6

7. 1.9% 18% In Missouri?? Percentage of US population living in Missouri:
Percentage of Meth Lab Seizures in Missouri:
18%
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8. Addiction rates
This is frightening.
For anyone ever trying marijuana, there is a 9% chance that they will eventually become addicted to marijuana.
For anyone ever trying alcohol, there is a 16% chance that they will eventually become addicted to alcohol.
But for anyone ever trying Meth, there is a 90% chance that they will eventually become addicted to Meth.
Why is this so frightening? First remember the extremely low recovery rate from Meth addiction, but also these next few slides will show the consequences of Meth use and addiction.
Several treatment providers describe meth abusers as "the hardest to treat" of all drug users, as meth affects the pleasure centers of the brain 9

9. Meth’s effects to the family Children living in meth labs have increased risk for:
Physical & sexual abuse
Attachment disorder
Behavior problems
Malnutrition
Injuries from lab explosions/fires
Overdose on meth left out by parents
Exposure to toxic chemicals
Substance abuse
Teen pregnancy
Delinquency
Read slide.
These are things no child should have to deal with. 10

10. Meth’s effects to the family Children living in meth labs have increased risk for:
Low self esteem
Falls, burns, cuts
Poor social skills
Cognitive skills
Immunization delay
Living in homes without electricity, heating, running water, & other necessities
Poor hygiene and infectious skin conditions
Read slide.
These are things no child should have to deal with. 11

11. Don’t Meth With Us
5th grade program

12. Ephedrine/ Pseudoephedrine
This is your basic cold medicine. At the molecular level, the only difference between Meth and Pseudoephedrine is Meth has one less oxygen molecule. The entire cooking process is designed to remove that one molecule and create Meth. 13

13. Muriatic acid & Sulfuric acid
This stuff etches concrete and eats the brown nasty ring out of your toilet and then there’s drain opener!! 14

14. Denatured alcohol & Toluene Lacquer Thinner
Denatured Alcohol thins shellac 15

15. Sodium hydroxide - Drain opener
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18. Only one year later…

24. Don’t Meth With Us! 5th Grade Education Program
Discuss Rotary, our mission & here because we care
Concept of Good/Bad Choices & Short/Long Goals
Balloon Exercise
Rotary 4 Way Test
Legal prescription drugs use vs. illegal use
Discuss addictive nature of meth and damage it does
Show Meth pictures – aging / meth mouth / skin sores
Demonstrate dangerous ingredients in meth
Discuss Meth Trash and what to do if you find Meth Trash
Talk about role models, leadership and goals

25. Don’t Meth With Us!
Hand Outs
Tee Shirts
Wrist Bands
Pencils
Bookmark

26. Don’t Meth With Us 7th grade program Interactive Jeopardy type game
Involve Interact program from HS
Meth focus but also involves other drugs
Education material
Rotary involvement

27. Don’t Meth With Us High school program Speaker at assembly
Facingthedragon.org
Rotary involvement

28. Rotary Club of Salem 5th graders – 3 years – 450 students
High school – 3 years – 900 students
7th graders – 3 years – 450 students
Total impact – 1,800 students

29. Rotary Club of Salem Based on Missouri Statistics:
Will try Meth: 4.3% x 1,800 = 77 people
90% will become addicted to meth = 70 people
Friends and family affected: 70 x 15 = 1,035
Hopefully most of those 77 will no longer make the bad choice of trying Meth the first time
Changing Lives!!

30. Don’t Meth With Us! Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast
5th Graders – 7 years – 14,000 students
High School – 5 year – 30,000students
7th Graders – 4 years – 8,000 students
Total impact – over 50,000 lives

31. Don’t Meth With Us! Based on Missouri Statistics:
Will try Meth: 4.3% x 50,000 = 2,015 people
90% will become addicted to meth = 1,813 people
Friends and family affected: 1,813 x 15 = 27,195
Hopefully most of those 2,015 will no longer make the bad choice of trying Meth the first time
Changing Lives!!

32. Don’t Meth With Us! How does our club get started? Fund Raising? (DSG)
Costs = approximately $3.50 per child
Pick school districts & contact superintendent
Need at least 2 presenters
We can provide the following:
Scripts for presenters
T-shirt logo & bookmark layout
Powerpoint Presentation
Meth education to presenters, if desired
Create contests?
Great publicity locally for the club!

33. Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast Don’t Meth With Us!